Walking in someone else's shoes....

Who are we? Who are people to judge others and what they do? Who are we to be stereotypical of others races, religions, and cultural backgrounds? The reason I am asking these questions is because on Christmas Eve, a 19 year old African American female was shot in the head at the Legacy in Roselawn. On the news, the stroy was blown up into so many different stories that were far from the truth. My brother was at the Legacy on Christmas Eve, and he told a completely different story. The media reported that there was alcohol being served at that party, but the owners of Legacy said that was a lie, it was a teen party, so if you were not in High School, you were not being let in. They were doing everything to make sure that the party was safe for the people who actually made it in the party. The Police's general description of the shooter was an teen African American male. First, that is very stereotypical, just because a good portion of the students who attended that party were teens and African Americans does not mean the girl was actually shot by a Teen African American male because she was not in high school, she was probabaly all ready graduated and she wasn't actually shot inside of the Legacy, some news say she was shot down the street and Legacy's name was just thrown in. This upset me because we live in a stereotypical city, when I say that I don't mean that every single person in this city is a stereotype but as a whole we judge people on their race, religion, or ethnical background, especially in crimes. So why do we do this......well it just makes our goverment officials job easier, they can just pin a crime on someone and their job is over. But you voting citzens of Cincinnati can't be mad.....you voted for them.

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These last couple weeks I have been doing alot of reflection on myself and my life. This is supposed to help me find my own identity, to be myself in each and every sitiuation. But as you get older you begin to change, not because there is something wrong with you but because you are growing into a more mature and responsible person. So, one day I thought to myself, can adults do that?? Can adults slow down and take serious time to reflect on their actions and the way they have presented themselves over their life, as children and as adults. So, I began thinking about it some more and I wondered if Reflection was all we needed. When people reflect seriously it is supposed to help them find themselves and be who they are not who everyone wants them to be. So I got to thinking about goverment and how if all the goverment officials, our Mayor, Mark Mallory, even the President(of the United States) did some reflections would this country, state, or even city be better off. Would we have a more efficient goverment or efficient lives?? Well it never hurts to try......

Why teens do drugs.....

Recently, I was thinking about what pressures teens into doing drugs or if anything pressures them at all. At first I thought about if they maybe saw their parents or family members doing drugs and that's why they're doing it or maybe they saw it in a movie...like movies that have alot to say about drugdealing and gangs. After I came with those idea ....the biggest thing I thought was " peer pressure". Someone either at your school or in your neighborhood. So, I thought and decided that this was the best reason that teens did drugs. So after that I wondered if "peer pressure" fit in with " popularity", I was so confused, I thought to myself, "why would a kid even do that to thereself?" and then I got my answer. It was popularity... it was the fact that they wanted to "fit in" and do what everyone else was doing... but truthfully everyone else was not doing it. But when this idea popped in my head I was reading " 7 Habits Of A Highly Effective Teen" By: Sean Covey and the author was talking about "peer pressure" and the "crossroads of life". So can anyone come up with a better idea why teens do drugs?!?!?!